OSHA Inspection: SIDING INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN FLORIDA, INC.

Issued

2013-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6):    a. On or about October 28, 2013, a siding installer was installing a plywood sheet on the west exterior of a two story house on a pump jack scaffold, which its unused platform support bracket was less than three feet from a 120 volt electrical power line thereby exposing him to an electrical hazard.

Issued

2013-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):  Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    a. On or about October 28, 2013, a siding installer working 12 feet and 6 inches from the ground on a pump jack scaffold did not use a guardrail while installing plywood sheets on a two story house thereby exposing him to a fall hazard.

Issued

2013-11-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary:    a. On or about October 28, 2013, the siding installer was working on a pump jack scaffold twelve feet 6 inches from the ground that was not braced at the bottom poles of the pump jack scaffold to the house's structure thereby exposing him to a fall hazard.